… of all human food now comes from just eight species… Modern U.S. consumers now get to taste less than 1 percent of the vegetable varieties that were grown here a century ago." … year, make it mâche. Already famous in European gardens for its deliciously nutty taste, mâche is also famously cold tolerant—it can actually grow through Chicago winters in a cold frame or … catalogs or nurseries. A sample from the mixes available at Renee's Garden ( reneesgarden.com ): "Asian Baby Leaf Mix," Edible Landscape "Stardom," and "Heirloom Cutting Mix." A mix makes …
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… This Asian native is an evergreen shrub that grows to 4’. It blooms in late May with clusters of white flowers. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Floribunda Rose produces masses of double white flowers throughout the rose season (mid-June to mid-October). This cultivar is cold hardy and very disease resistant. Unfortunately the flowers have no fragrance. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Large traditionally shaped moth orchid flowers feature pink petals heavily veined in dark pink to purple at their base. A white lip is edged in yellow and features two distinctive black dots at the base. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming evergreen shrub grows to a height of 2 feet with partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white and green flowers year-round. It is a specimen as a ground cover or in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This clump-forming evergreen shrub grows to a height of 2 feet with partial shade and moderate moisture conditions. It has white, dark red, dark green, and black flowers year-round. It is a specimen ground cover. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… The white spruce is a North American native. These can reach heights of 100’, but usually reach a height of 60’ with a spread of 20’. Young trees tend to be denser, becoming more open with age. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… This tree grows to a height of 15 feet with full sun and moderate moisture conditions. Its pink and white blooms in March and April are followed by edible yellow-green fruit. It is a specimen. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… College student Jessica Tillery came to the Chicago Botanic Garden for the summer to work in a plant science lab, hoping to jump start her career in habitat restoration—which she … research alongside the Garden’s conservation scientists and graduate students. The science is the core of the REU program, explained conservation scientist Jeremie Fant, Ph.D., but the …
Type: Blog
… on Queen Charlotte anemone ( Anemone x hybrida ‘Queen Charlotte’). The tips of each of the 10 to 15 petals are notched, an excellent diagnostic characteristic when trying to differentiate the cultivars. The flowers are produced well above the dark-green compound … Queen Charlotte comes with her own what’s-in-a-name story. In the United States, she is most frequently sold as Queen Charlotte, while in parts of Europe this same cultivar is sold …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
